Ibadan Evil Forest:- The Okada Man That revealed the evil forest is yet to be found...

There are indications that some persons might still be trapped at the suspected kidnappers’ den which has come to be known as Ibadan evil forest.

Some residents of Arowona Adegbeye Estate, Idi-Mangoro, Soka area, the adjoining community, told our source on Friday that some persons were probably still trapped in a cellar there.

 For instance, the residents claimed that the commercial motorcyclist, whose disappearance led to the discovery of the den, was still missing. They said that some of the missing okadarider’s colleagues who were at the den, said he told them on the phone that about eight of them were in a cellar.

 The community’s public relations officer, Hon. Segun Adepoju, said, “The okada riders said the missing okadarider contacted them on the phone and told them that he and some other people were still underground.

“They said the last time he reached them was about three days ago, so they suspected that his phone battery had gone flat now. They said he called and told them that they could feel people walking above them at the time people trooped to the place, but that no one heard them.”

The missing okada rider, according to reports, last Saturday, took two passengers to the den from the city centre before his disappearance. With his phone, he was able to call his colleagues at the park to tell them that he had been kidnapped and was being held at Soka area.

Some okada riders reportedly stormed the area in search of their friend and found his motorcycle around the den. However, reports said they did not find their friend, but stumbled on the den with body parts and some kidnapped persons in chains.

 “So when they saw his motorcycle, they probed further and found the victims, human bones and body parts. Maybe the abductors of the okada rider didn’t know he was with a mobile phone,” Adepoju said.

 Meanwhile, there was an eerie calm at the forest on Friday, when our correspondent was there. There was no activity at the den except for the presence of a few visitors, some police officers and an armoured vehicle stationed at the Macmillan Bus-Stop, the nearest junction to the den. While our correspondent was there, the visitors came in and were not more than three at any point in time.

 Residents said it was the first time since Sunday that the place would not witness a large number of visitors. Some of the visitors were said to have come from across the country in search of their missing loved ones, although, many of them were also said to be onlookers and hoodlums.

Wonder will soon end 

source: punch